The recent rise in migration to Europe has put borders and their security back on the political agenda of the European Union and its member states. Alongside stricter control of the Union’s external...
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SWP Comments, Vol. 14 (May 2017) – Tapping into the Economic Potential of Refugees
Fostering Development through Transitional Social and Economic Integration Globally, the number of refugees trapped in protracted displacement situations is rapidly growing. For many of them, none of...
Sweden + 5 more
SWP Comments, Vol. 1 (January 2017) – Refugee Policy in Northern Europe: Nordic Countries Grow Closer but Differences Remain
One year after the great refugee influx reached Europe, lasting changes are seen to have occurred in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. All four have tightened their asylum policies, in some cases...
SWP Comments, Vol. 39 (August 2016) – First UN Summit on Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants: Focus on Shared Challenges
On 19 September 2016 the international community will discuss asylum and migration issues in a single framework for the first time. The success of the high-level plenary session of the United Nations...
SWP Comments, Vol. 37 (August 2016) – Many Refugees, Poor Data: Development Cooperation Requires Higher-Quality Data
Steffen Angenendt, David Kipp, and Anne Koch In June 2016, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) presented his latest annual report on the situation of refugees and displaced...
SWP Comments, Vol. 36 (July 2016) – Back to Square One: Fighting Resumes in South Sudan
Annette Weber The conflict in South Sudan flared up again on the fifth anniversary of independence. After almost two years of war between forces controlled by President Kiir and those of...
SWP Comments, Vol. 10 (February 2016) – The Rule of Law in Contemporary Ukraine: Widespread Elite Failure Puts Reforms at Risk
SWP Comments 2016/C 10, February 2016, 8 Pages Ukraine’s Euromaidan protest movement, which brought about the fall of President Yanukovych in 2014, has led to a comprehensive process of reforms...
Türkiye + 2 more
SWP Comments, Vol. 1 (January 2016) – Turkey as partner of the EU in the refugee crisis
Ankara’s Problems and Interests Rarely has a resolution by the European Union heads of state and government been criticised from such diverse perspectives and positions of vested interest as the EU’s...
Cameroon + 1 more
SWP Comments, Vol. 42 (August 2015) – Cameroon and Boko Haram: Time to Think beyond Terrorism and Security
The terrorist organisation Boko Haram will determine Cameroon’s medium-term domestic and security agenda. Together with an underestimated structural propensity to crisis and political conflict, this...
SWP Comments, Vol. 39 (August 2015) – Backbone of the Syrian Revolt: Inclusion of Rural Sunnis Key for International Efforts to End Conflict
Syria’s descent into civil war following the military crackdown on the peaceful protest movement in 2011 has thrust the country’s rural Sunnis to the forefront. As the civil war dragged on, the...
SWP Comments, Vol. 36 (July 2015) – Supporting Stabilization in Libya: The Challenges of Finalizing and Implementing the Skhirat Agreement
Representatives of Libya’s warring parties are close to reaching a UN-mediated power-sharing agreement that would establish a Government of National Accord (GNA). Assuming it is finalized, the deal...
Nigeria + 6 more
Jihadism in Africa: Local Causes, Regional Expansion, International Alliances
SWP Research Paper 2015/RP 05, June 2015, 104 Pages The transnational terrorism of the twenty-first century feeds on local and regional conflicts, without which most terrorist groups would never have...
Lebanon + 1 more
SWP Comments, Vol. 24 (April 2015) – Balancing on the Brink: Lebanon, Tangled up in the Syrian war, struggles to maintain its stability
So far, the Syrian war and the involvement of Lebanese actors in it has not spread to Lebanon, despite the fears of many. In spite of irreconcilable differences on the Syrian issue, Lebanon’s...
Nigeria + 3 more
SWP Comments, Vol. 21 (April 2015) – Nigeria: Boko Haram and the Regionalization of Terrorism
SWP Comments 2015/C 21, April 2015, 4 Pages The wave of violence unleashed in north-eastern Nigeria by the militant terror group Boko Haram and the regionalization of terrorism have spurred...
SWP Comments, Vol. 19 (March 2015) – Identity and Violence in Ukraine: Societal Developments since the Maidan Protests
SWP Comments 2015/C 19, March 2015, 7 Pages Since the Maidan protests erupted at the end of 2013 Ukrainian society has witnessed a deep transformation, in which polarising as well as consolidating...
SWP Comments, Vol. 6 (February 2015) – The Failure of the Transitional Process in Yemen
On 22 January 2015 the Yemeni president and government resigned in protest at their own political powerlessness. The transitional process initiated in 2011 has failed. The Houthis, a rebel movement...
SWP Comments, Vol. 5 (February 2015) – The Last Bastion of the Syrian Revolt
Southern Syria Offers Non-military Venues to Strengthen the Moderates Khaled Yacoub Oweis After almost four years of civil war, most of Syria since has been carved up between the regime, Kurdish...
Türkiye + 1 more
SWP Comments, Vol. 47 (November 2014) – Turkey’s Policy toward Syrian Refugees: Domestic Repercussions and the Need for International Support
Souad Ahmadoun Turkey’s humanitarian activities toward Syrian refugees are part and parcel of its over- all policy in the Syria conflict. Yet, it has become increasingly clear that the Turkish...
SWP Comments, Vol. 35 (July 2014) – Struggling to Build an Alternative to Assad
Structural Flaws and Lack of Protection Undermine Syria’s Opposition Government International powers backing the Syrian opposition are turning their attention to an Interim Government founded in...
SWP Comments, Vol. 33 (July 2014) – The Myth of the Jordanian Monarchy’s Resilience to the Arab Spring
Lack of Genuine Political Reform Undermines Social Base of Monarchy The political reforms announced by the Jordanian regime in 2012 were widely welcomed on the international diplomatic level...